web01.fireside.fm Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:09:35 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Weird Studies - Episodes Tagged with “Beer” https://www.weirdstudies.com/tags/beer Wed, 08 Jun 2022 10:00:00 -0400 Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." en-us episodic Art and philosophy at the limits of the thinkable Phil Ford and J. F. Martel Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." yes weird, art, philosophy Phil Ford and J. F. Martel admin@weirdstudies.com Episode 125: Strange Brews: Weird Studies Live at Illuminated Brew Works https://www.weirdstudies.com/125 cf92405a-33af-49e2-9af2-658963f267bc Wed, 08 Jun 2022 10:00:00 -0400 Phil Ford and J. F. Martel 125 Strange Brews: Weird Studies Live at Illuminated Brew Works full Phil Ford and J. F. Martel Phil, Meredith, and JF discuss ritual and potion-making in a live recording hosted by Illuminated Brew Works in Chicago. 1:36:52 yes On May 23, 2022, Meredith Michael joined JF and Phil for a live recording at Illuminated Brew Works, a craft brewery in Chicago, Illinois.The occasion was the launch of Weird Studies Black IPA, the fruit of a collaboration with IBW brewmaster Brian Buckman and his team of beer alchemists. The game plan was to talk about potions, but the final conversation ranges over a number of topics including singularity and repetition, time and eternity, alchemy and ritual, Okakura Kakuzō's The Book of Tea, cooking and pickling, and the cultural phenomenon Phil calls "weedhead sh*t." Purchase the Weird Studies Black IPA from Beer on the Wall (https://wehavegreatbeer.square.site/product/illuminated-brew-works-weird-studies-4pk-for-shipping-only-/8126?cp=true&sa=false&sbp=false&q=true) or visit the Illuminated Brew Works (https://www.ibw-chicago.com) website. Buy volume 1 (https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-1) and volume 2 (https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-2) of the Weird Studies soundtrack by Pierre-Yves Martel (https://www.pymartel.com) Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies) Find us on Discord (https://discord.com/invite/Jw22CHfGwp) Get the new T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau (https://cottonbureau.com/products/can-o-content#/13435958/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s)! Get your Weird Studies merchandise (https://www.redbubble.com/people/Weird-Studies/shop?asc=u) (t-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.) Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/shop/weirdstudies) SHOW NOTES Okakura Kakuzō, [The Book of Tea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheBookofTea)_ Oscar Wilde on absinthe (https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/335553-after-the-first-glass-of-absinthe-you-see-things-as) Mircea Eliade, [The Myth of the Eternal Return: Cosmos and History](https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Eternal-Return-Princeton-Bollingen/dp/0691182973/ref=sr11?crid=2P1E7XDGASW4L&keywords=The+Myth+of+the+Eternal+Return%3A+Cosmos+and+History&qid=1654693787&s=books&sprefix=the+myth+of+the+eternal+return+cosmos+and+history%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C63&sr=1-1) Toni Morrison. Song of Solomon (https://www.amazon.com/Song-Solomon-Toni-Morrison-Books/s?k=Song+of+Solomon+Toni+Morrison&rh=n%3A283155) The Suzuki Method (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_method) Robert Fink, Repeating Ourselves: American Minimal Music as Cultural Practice (https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520245501/repeating-ourselves) David Cronenberg (dir.), Scanners (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081455/) (1981) Lars von Trier (dir.), Dancer in the Dark (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168629/) (2000) Alan Watts, Beat Zen, Square Zen and Zen (https://www.amazon.com/Beat-Zen-Square/dp/0872860515) William Shakespeare, Macbeth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth) Special Guest: Meredith Michael. beer, cannabis, tea, ritual, repetition, weird studies live On May 23, 2022, Meredith Michael joined JF and Phil for a live recording at Illuminated Brew Works, a craft brewery in Chicago, Illinois.The occasion was the launch of Weird Studies Black IPA, the fruit of a collaboration with IBW brewmaster Brian Buckman and his team of beer alchemists. The game plan was to talk about potions, but the final conversation ranges over a number of topics including singularity and repetition, time and eternity, alchemy and ritual, Okakura Kakuzō's The Book of Tea, cooking and pickling, and the cultural phenomenon Phil calls "weedhead sh*t."

Purchase the Weird Studies Black IPA from Beer on the Wall or visit the Illuminated Brew Works website.

Buy volume 1 and volume 2 of the Weird Studies soundtrack by Pierre-Yves Martel
Support us on Patreon
Find us on Discord
Get the new T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau!
Get your Weird Studies merchandise (t-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.)
Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop

SHOW NOTES

Okakura Kakuzō, The Book of Tea
Oscar Wilde on absinthe
Mircea Eliade, The Myth of the Eternal Return: Cosmos and History
Toni Morrison. Song of Solomon
The Suzuki Method
Robert Fink, Repeating Ourselves: American Minimal Music as Cultural Practice
David Cronenberg (dir.), Scanners (1981)
Lars von Trier (dir.), Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Alan Watts, Beat Zen, Square Zen and Zen
William Shakespeare, Macbeth

Special Guest: Meredith Michael.

]]> On May 23, 2022, Meredith Michael joined JF and Phil for a live recording at Illuminated Brew Works, a craft brewery in Chicago, Illinois.The occasion was the launch of Weird Studies Black IPA, the fruit of a collaboration with IBW brewmaster Brian Buckman and his team of beer alchemists. The game plan was to talk about potions, but the final conversation ranges over a number of topics including singularity and repetition, time and eternity, alchemy and ritual, Okakura Kakuzō's The Book of Tea, cooking and pickling, and the cultural phenomenon Phil calls "weedhead sh*t."

Purchase the Weird Studies Black IPA from Beer on the Wall or visit the Illuminated Brew Works website.

Buy volume 1 and volume 2 of the Weird Studies soundtrack by Pierre-Yves Martel
Support us on Patreon
Find us on Discord
Get the new T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau!
Get your Weird Studies merchandise (t-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.)
Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop

SHOW NOTES

Okakura Kakuzō, The Book of Tea
Oscar Wilde on absinthe
Mircea Eliade, The Myth of the Eternal Return: Cosmos and History
Toni Morrison. Song of Solomon
The Suzuki Method
Robert Fink, Repeating Ourselves: American Minimal Music as Cultural Practice
David Cronenberg (dir.), Scanners (1981)
Lars von Trier (dir.), Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Alan Watts, Beat Zen, Square Zen and Zen
William Shakespeare, Macbeth

Special Guest: Meredith Michael.

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